First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy
Award-winning and best-selling author of fantasy and romance, Jeffe Kennedy shares her first cup of coffee of the day with listeners, giving a daily insight into the realities of being a career author.
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Out with the old (laptop) and IN with the new... (laptop)! Remember when switching over a new laptop used to be the most time-consuming and unrewarding but necessary task of all time? Magic Reborn is going amazingly and I'm very happy to be its author. Thinking of taking a social media break. And also, Killian.
Your friendly neighborhood author is doing author-ly things this upcoming month! Hummingbird House is officially OPEN...
Your friendly neighborhood author is doing author-ly things this upcoming month! Hummingbird House is officially OPEN FOR BOOKING🕊️ Meet me Nov. 1st at the BookQuest A Day with Santa Fe Authors and Nov. 2nd at Books on the Bosque📚 Magic Reborn has reached a half way point! And also, my two cents on how to make a living for yourself as a creative.
Among the Thorns will be here July 14th – Preorder availab...
"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth." - Pablo Picasso said and then painted Guerica in response to the 1937 bombing of the Basque town of Guernica by Nazi and Fascist forces. “The artist’s role is not to look away.” - Akira Kurosawa, Japanese filmmaker once said and then directed High and Low, a film about the moral dilemmas of a capitalist society and the consequences.
“Art holds up the mirror to na...
Romatasy is booming and reader expectations are changing. Responding to a DM review of Never the Roses, offering book recs for fantasy with romantic elements, and reflecting on Meta platforms. And also Wood is a banger - pun intended.
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COVER REVEAL(S) Yes, Plural! New paperback covers for Never the Roses and the long awaited cover reveal for AMONG THE THORNS is here! Among the Thorns will be here July 14th - Preorder available following this link here!
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Magic Reborn is a little over 22,000 words! Sharing my thoughts on Taylor Swift's new album "The Life of a Showgirl" and the online criticism and drawing comparisons between this album and my book The Tears of the Rose: both are feminist media. And also, it's fall.
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STRANGE FAMILIAR is live
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Happy The Life of a Showgirl day!!! Team Jeffe is really Team Swiftie, and all of us are hand-hearting. Do we have any outfit ideas inspired by The Black Dog for the movie premiere on Sunday? In other news, let's talk about asynchronous order of events in writing and how Octavia Butler uses this plus foreshadowing to craft an excellent story. And also an idea brewing about how I can use such things to satisfy my creative urges...
Magic Reborn has 17,000 words and the first act has been written! Can pedestrians trust the crosswalk? My methodology on how to use 24hours in a day to your advantage, especially as a writer. And It's Octavia Butler's world and we're just living in it.
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STRANGE FAMILIAR is live
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Magic Reborn is up to 15,000 words! Lust, Lies, and Ley Lines cover art is coming soon - and why having "mean" friends is actually a good thing. And Sydney the Tyrant strikes again as she workshops a new intro/outro for the podcast.
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STRANGE FAMILIAR is live
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Nirvana, Rapture, Hurricane Ragasa, current reads and most excitingly - Magic Reborn writing updates and new release date! And also, the lost art form of party jokes.
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STRANGE FAMILIAR is live
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join Jeffe Kennedy for your First Cup of Coffee - catching up with family and friends, discussing copyright law and generative AI in the writing space, and the meaning of being a career writer
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My topsy-turvy, exhausting week, introducing exciting new changes to this podcast and my social media - welcome Sydney! - and why GRRM being at 70% now and 70% three years ago doesn't mean no progress.
You can get signed bookplates from me here! https://www.jeffekennedy.com/store (scroll to the bottom)
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Supporting creativity, creators, and their creations vs. demanding a product and how parasocial relationships have fostered a tension there. Self-love and self-care vs. self-indulgence. Also, I turned in AMONG THE THORNS!
Leigh Bardugo's TEDx talk is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCtbFZtoQ88
You can get signed bookplates from me here! https://www.jeffekennedy.com/store (scroll to the bottom)
How endings of books can't be changed by simply lopping off final chapters and adding new ones - the story must point toward the finale all the way through. Also, US politics to wade through at first, especially state vs fed rights.
You can get signed bookplates from me here! https://www.jeffekennedy.com/store (scroll to the bottom)
You can preorder MAGIC REBORN at https://www.jeffekennedy.com/magic-reborn
Things not to say to authors and how George R.R. Martin won't ever let someone else finish his books. Also, wondering if I'm on an uphill trajectory or a peak, and how I'm going to hire someone to do my social media.
You can get signed bookplates from me here! https://www.jeffekennedy.com/store (scroll to the bottom)
You can preorder MAGIC REBORN at https://www.jeffekennedy.com/magic-reborn
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Why finding where the story starts is *always* one of the most difficult challenges in writing, why I firmly believe you shouldn't get critiques from people who love you, and new developments on AMONG THE THORNS.
You can get signed bookplates from me here! https://www.jeffekennedy.com/store (scroll to the bottom)
You can preorder MAGIC REBORN at https://www.jeffekennedy.com/magic-reborn
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I'm going to WorldCon this week and will have copies of Never the Roses with me! Also: baby authors, midlist authors, writing full-time, ups and downs of the industry, and trying to coattail success.
You can get signed bookplates from me here! https://www.jeffekennedy.com/store (scroll to the bottom)
You can preorder MAGIC REBORN at https://www.jeffekennedy.com/magic-reborn
Buy LoveLitCon tickets here https://lovelit.com/ Be sur...
All about the extraordinary thing that happened this week regarding NEVER THE ROSES - and about serendipity, bolts of lightning, what you can and can't plan for, and why I love working with smart women who also talk about skin care routines.
You can get signed bookplates from me here! https://www.jeffekennedy.com/store (scroll to the bottom)
You can preorder MAGIC REBORN at https://www.jeffekennedy.com/magic-reborn
I have bookplates for all of you! Also, I'm FINALLY showing off the incredibly gorgeous, exclusive Owl Crate edition of NEVER THE ROSES - and giving some spoilery, insider tidbits about it.
You can get signed bookplates from me here! https://www.jeffekennedy.com/store (scroll to the bottom)
You can preorder MAGIC REBORN at https://www.jeffekennedy.com/magic-reborn
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